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Webster 1913 Edition
Tentaculata
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Ten-tacˊu-la′ta
,Noun.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.
Definition 2024
Tentaculata
Tentaculata
Translingual
Proper noun
Tentaculata
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Ctenophora – ctenophores having many tentacles.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Ctenophora - phylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Cyclocoela, Typhlocoela - subclasses
- Cambojiida, Cestida, Cryptolobiferida, Cydippida, Ganeshida, Lobata, Platyctenida, Thalassocalycida - orders
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521